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Trypanocidal, trichomonacidal and cytotoxic components of cultivated Artemisia absinthium Linnaeus (Asteraceae) essential oil

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Title
Trypanocidal, trichomonacidal and cytotoxic components of cultivated Artemisia absinthium Linnaeus (Asteraceae) essential oil
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, June 2015
DOI 10.1590/0074-02760140129
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Rafael Alberto Martínez-Díaz, Alexandra Ibáñez-Escribano, Jesús Burillo, Lorena de las Heras, Gema del Prado, M Teresa Agulló-Ortuño, Luis F Julio, Azucena González-Coloma

Abstract

Artemisia absinthium is an aromatic and medicinal plant of ethnopharmacological interest and it has been widely studied. The use of A. absinthium based on the collection of wild populations can result in variable compositions of the extracts and essential oils (EOs). The aim of this paper is the identification of the active components of the vapour pressure (VP) EO from a selected and cultivated A. absinthium Spanish population (T2-11) against two parasitic protozoa with different metabolic pathways: Trypanosoma cruzi and Trichomonas vaginalis. VP showed activity on both parasites at the highest concentrations. The chromatographic fractionation of the VP T2-11 resulted in nine fractions (VLC1-9). The chemical composition of the fractions and the antiparasitic effects of fractions and their main compounds suggest that the activity of the VP is related with the presence of trans-caryophyllene and dihydrochamazulene (main components of fractions VLC1 and VLC2 respectively). Additionally, the cytotoxicity of VP and fractions has been tested on several tumour and no tumour human cell lines. Fractions VLC1 and VLC2 were not cytotoxic against the nontumoural cell line HS5, suggesting selective antiparasitic activity for these two fractions. The VP and fractions inhibited the growth of human tumour cell lines in a dose-dependent manner.

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Country Count As %
Chile 1 1%
Poland 1 1%
Unknown 76 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 10 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 12%
Student > Bachelor 8 10%
Student > Master 7 9%
Lecturer 6 8%
Other 19 24%
Unknown 19 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 18 23%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 15 19%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 8 10%
Chemistry 4 5%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 5%
Other 5 6%
Unknown 24 31%
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